Yes, I remember your comment now and was sorry to hear it. Perhaps that
was the 2004-2006 period when Mamiya was retrenching and trying to get
out from under the camera business. In any case, Sekonic appears to be
handling their own import business in the US these days.
My Sekonic meter is now about 3 years old and has worked flawlessly. I
think it's only on its second battery. I bought it specifically for its
flash/ambient ratio capability and its PocketWizard triggering (although
I've never used that feature). I have always respected Minolta meters
and see here that models V F and VI have the same flash/ambient
capability but I wouldn't know where to buy a new one if I were so inclined.
<http://ca.konicaminolta.com/products/consumer/camera-pus/slr/acc/acc_meters.html>
Chuck Norutt
bs.pearce@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Dr. Meter,
>
> Don'tknow about the digital camera option, but regarding meters, I
> must again mention that I had a bad experience with a Sekonic meter
> that apparently had a bad circuit board. The USA importer, Mamiya,
> counted the warranty period to the nanosecond, I was left holding the
> bag.
>
> I will never again knowingly buy anything imported by MAC. I replaced
> it with a Minolta meter, and have never been sorry. Someone now makes
> the Minolta meters again, and I don't think they are as expensive as
> before.
>
> Bill Pearce
>
> ---- Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The Sekonic L-308 may meet all of your requirements but I prefer
>> the Sekonic L-358 primarily because it also measures flash to
>> ambient ratio
>>
>> Of course, if you don't shoot flash and do primarily landscapes
>> you'd probably rather have a spot meter. But these days I think
>> there is a better alternative. A used digital camera with a zoom
>> lens that also offers histograms is probably a better spot meter or
>> landscape meter than that Sekonic L-758D.
>
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